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Re: abs / magnitude
- To: dirk at ida dot ing dot tu-bs dot de
- Subject: Re: abs / magnitude
- From: Clark McGrew <mcgrew at ale dot physics dot sunysb dot edu>
- Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 09:57:05 -0400
- CC: guile at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0005111118160.4288-100000@marvin.ida.ing.tu-bs.de>
- Reply-to: clark dot mcgrew at sunysb dot edu
Based on my physics oriented background the absolute value is defined
for both real and complex numbers. R5RS says that abs must handle
real numbers, but it doesn't seem to exclude handling complex numbers.
Is there a significant efficiency argument for changing abs?
Best regards,
Clark